Yello
You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess
Label ©  Mercury
Release Year  1983
Length  37:29
Genre  Synth-Pop
Personal Star Rating [1-5]  
  Ref#  Y-0026
Bitrate  ~234 Kbps
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    Track Listing:
      1.  
      I Love You  
       3:16  
      2.  
      Lost Again  
       4:21  
      3.  
      No More Words  
       3:58  
      4.  
      Crash Dance  
       2:11  
      5.  
      Great Mission  
       2:56  
      6.  
      You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess  
       2:10  
      7.  
      Swing  
       3:28  
      8.  
      Heavy Whispers  
       3:58  
      9.  
      Smile On You  
       3:11  
      10.  
      Pumping Velvet  
       3:20  
      11.  
      Salut Mayoumba  
       4:40  
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      This remastered album contains the seminal singles 'I Love You' and 'Lost Again', and also contains 6 total bonus tracks, 3 available for the first time on CD including 'Rubber West', 'Pumping Velvet' (club mix) & 'I Love You' (club mix) plus 'Base For Alec', 'You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess' (club mix) & 'Live At The Roxy N.Y.'. Universal. 2005.

      Review by John Bush

      The seeds of Euro-dance sown on Claro Que Si reached fruition on Yello's next record, naturally titled You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess. There are fewer novelty synth tracks than before, those being replaced by a series of sleazy, deep-throated vocals on "I Love You," "Lost Again," "Heavy Whispers," and the title track. There are also a few exercises in worldbeat synth-pop, with heavy percussion on the title track as well as the closing number "Salut Mayoumba." Though Blank's production doesn't sound as consistently innovative as on the first two Yello records, that's probably due more to other synth-pop groups catching up than any comedown on his part.
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